journalism
How reporting is made and why to believe it: sourcing conventions, incentives, and reading across biased accounts.
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Simon Willison quoted
Their wordsI’ve written about the people familiar with the matter pattern before—it means Reuters have anonymous insider sources that their reporters (and editors) find credible.
↗OpenAI's rogue agents were caught communicating via public wikissimonwillison.net
- 8 weeks earlier
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Balaji Srinivasan quoted
Their wordsThe establishment journalist claims to speak truth to power, but somehow never gets around to investigating themselves or each other.
↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com 13th of 25 in this piece
- 9 months earlier
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsThis is something I practice every day. I read some piece of news and I ask myself, "Who benefits from me reading this?" Then you can end up coming to this conclusion that maybe 95% of things we read in the news have been written and published because somebody wanted you to buy some product, support some political cause, fight some war, donate some money.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 8th of 28 in this recording
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Pavel Durov quoted
Their wordsBecause there's no such thing as an unbiased source of information. When the war in Ukraine started in 2022, I instantly realized Telegram is going to be used to spread propaganda by both sides.
↗Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482youtube.com 21st of 28 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
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Sundar Pichai quoted
Their wordsLook, I think news and journalism will play an important role in the future. We are pretty committed to it, right? So I think making sure that ecosystem, in fact, I think we'll be able to differentiate ourselves as a company over time because of our commitment there.
↗Sundar Pichai: CEO of Google and Alphabet | Lex Fridman Podcast #471youtube.com 10th of 21 in this recording
- 2 weeks earlier
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Keir Starmer quoted
Our reading · no longer heldMeans-testing the winter fuel payment is a tough decision that has to be taken, and it should stand.
No longer holdsHowever, I recognise that people are still feeling the pressure of the cost of living crisis, including pensioners, and as the economy improves, we want to make sure that people feel those improvements each day as their lives go forward. That is why we want to ensure that more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments as we go forward.
SaidHowever, I recognise that people are still feeling the pressure of the cost of living crisis, including pensioners, and as the economy improves, we want to make sure that people feel those improvements each day as their lives go forward. That is why we want to ensure that more pensioners are eligible for winter fuel payments as we go forward.
- 8 months earlier
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Paul Graham quoted
Their wordsI'm usually reluctant to make predictions about technology, but I feel fairly confident about this one: in a couple decades there won't be many people who can write.